RCB captain Rajat Patidar (left) and DC skipper Axar Patel at the toss. Photo: BCCI
DC vs RCB: Bengaluru win toss, opt to bowl
Hosts Delhi Capitals are placed second in the points table, just above their equally formidable rivals
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) captain Rajat Patidar won the toss and elected to bowl against Delhi Capitals (DC) in their IPL 2025 match in New Delhi on Sunday evening (April 27).
Hosts Capitals are placed second in the points table, just above their equally formidable rivals. Both have 12 points each. However, DC (8) have played a game less than their opponents.
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RCB have brought in batting all-rounder Jacob Bethell, replacing Phil Salt, who is down with a fever.
The Capitals have given a game to Faf du Plessis.
All eyes are on RCB's Virat Kohli and DC's KL Rahul.
Playing XIs
Delhi Capitals: Axar Patel (C), Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul (wk), Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav, and Mukesh Kumar.
Impact Subs: Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Jake Fraser McGurk, Madhav Tiwari, Tripurana Vijay.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Rajat Patidar (C), Virat Kohli, Jacob Bethell, Romario Shepherd, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, and Yash Dayal.
Impact Subs: Devdutt Padikkal, Liam Livingstone, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Swapnil Singh.